ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA — The Washington, D.C., area is multicultural, with embassies, international businesses and a host of ethnic restaurants.People from Ethiopia, El Salvador, the Caribbean and more live in the city and the surrounding Maryland and Vi…
Month: September 2022
Xinjiang Red Dates, Linked to Forced Labor, Sold in US
WASHINGTON — A trip to an Asian grocery store in the U.S. is like a tour of the Orient. Pickled mustard greens from Thailand, instant noodles from Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China, and packets of dried fungus and fruits — pack the shelves of any given As…
1,280 hectares of rice fields in Nakhon Ratchasima flooded and damaged
More than 1,280 hectares of rice fields in Thailand’s north-eastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima have been damaged after being under water for more than a week, and more rice farmland will be damaged if heavy rain continues.The affected rice fields ar…
Criteria for validation of elimination of viral hepatitis B and C: report of 7 country pilots
A series of country pilots (Brazil, Egypt, Georgia, Mongolia, Rwanda, Thailand and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) of the elimination criteria across the six WHO regions was undertaken during 2021–2022. The main objective was to c…
Tai Ji Men’s Bell of World Peace and Love Rings in Silicon Valley
Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy San Jose’s 21st Anniversary: U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna and California State Senator Dave Cortese Rang the Bell to Pray for the World U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna Rings the Bell of World Peace and Love U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna rang the Bell of World Peace and Love and made a wish […]
Thai taekwondo fighter wins gold at Paris World Taekwondo Grand Prix
2020 Olympic gold medallist Panipak Wongpattanakit won the Paris 2022 World Taekwondo Grand Prix championship on Friday, in the women’s 49kg category, at the Parc des sports Marcel-Cerdan in Paris.She beat her opponent from Turkey, Merve Dincel, in the…
Mekong Malaria Elimination: Epidemiology Summary, Volume 18, April – June 2022
2022 QUARTER 2 OVERVIEWIn Apr-Jun 2022, Greater Mekong subregion (GMS) countries reported 49 339 malaria cases.CambodiaCambodia reported 1216 cases, a 43% increase compared to the same time period in 2021. P. falciparum + mixed cases and P. vivax const…